{"id":23193,"date":"2026-06-18T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/23193\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:24:11","slug":"2026-u-s-open-starts-at-shinnecock-hills-as-scheffler-leads-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/23193\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U.S. Open starts at Shinnecock Hills as Scheffler leads | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagostarmedia.com\/trending_news\/stars-align-at-augusta-2026-masters-tournament-golf-picks-and-predictions\/article_1735c0a0-4edf-4e42-97e5-e9dd7299d371.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 U.S. Open<\/a> began today at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club near New York City, with world #1 Scottie Scheffler leading as the betting favorite, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/golf\/live\/us-open-thursday-leaderboard-tee-times-keep-up-with-rory-mcilroy-scottie-scheffler-and-others-early-at-shinnecock-hills-103000575.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90cmVuZHMuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEkSAcZ26ajRegdjBNt_g9SG-Eokv_5IJw9HghOePe-JKQiEyyo06JNkpTl82_c1mbEc7gL6bBsVXdZBy9fWO3IQvbYC1xo0diSeTYbSnd7YlaAU9uyPXJ1lsIPCYDRFcKnIgF9xoyykXJjp8KrVNKBsZ8fDDmqtIp7q4U-lGEfL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Sports<\/a>. If Scheffler wins Sunday, he would secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagostarmedia.com\/news\/rory-mcilroy-ignites-title-defense-in-2026-masters-while-golf-legends-blast-liv-golf-players\/article_141d2d06-9785-4f51-bef7-e7bf30b2c744.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">career grand slam in golf<\/a>, joining a historic list of champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagostarmedia.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Chicago Star\u2019s Weekly City Buzz Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The tournament features 156 players competing over four days for the national title, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/usga\/news\/vive-la-france-usga-has-fun-with-u-s-open-groupings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golf Channel<\/a> noted. Top star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagostarmedia.com\/opinion\/wow-what-a-masters-tournament\/article_d31fd349-0c0a-46fd-976b-3ff2b40ec800.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> returned to New York for the first time since the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagostarmedia.com\/events\/brooks-koepka-draws-crowds-at-liv-golf-chicago-event-prepares-for-ryder-cup\/article_14d9f778-598f-11ee-a986-3b0388a0feaf.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryder Cup<\/a> last fall, where American fans insulted him and his team, Yahoo Sports added. He is scheduled to tee off at 7:52 a.m. ET on the 10th tee, pairing with Ludvig Aberg and Tommy Fleetwood.<\/p>\n<p>        Key tee times and live coverage<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scheffler will start at 8:14 a.m. ET, alongside amateur Mason Howell and last year\u2019s winner J.J. Spaun, forming the traditional U.S. Open group, according to the Golf Channel. Other notable Thursday tee times include Brooks Koepka at 7:30 a.m. and Jon Rahm at 2:09 p.m. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/usga\/news\/vive-la-france-usga-has-fun-with-u-s-open-groupings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USGA<\/a> added humor to the event with themed tee time groupings, including \u201cVive la France!\u201d and \u201cThe man group.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Read more on Chicago Star<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As of 10:57 a.m. ET, Sam Burns leads the live leaderboard at -24, followed closely by McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, Yahoo Sports confirmed. Fans can watch Round 1 on the USA Network from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, with additional coverage on Peacock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Odds from BetMGM show Scheffler at +550, with McIlroy at +1200 and Rahm at +1400, per Yahoo Sports. More details on full tee times are available at Yahoo Sports. For real-time updates, fans can follow the tournament via the Golf Channel and ESPN leaderboards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 U.S. Open began today at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club near New York City, with world #1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5293,1368,205,399,2177,208,1045,9468,9467,6466,164],"class_list":["post-23193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scottie-scheffler","tag-2026-u-s-open","tag-golf-odds","tag-leaderboard","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sam-burns","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-shinnecock-hills","tag-trending-news","tag-u-s-open-tee-times","tag-usa-network","tag-usga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}